Trademarks

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Dates of Trademark Applications being distributed for Examination

Applications not using the Pre-approved List of Goods and Services: December 16, 2020

Applications using the Pre-Approved List of Goods and Services: June 2, 2023

Madrid (based on date of WIPO notification of designation): May 4, 2023

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• Search trademarks
• Apply for/amend a trademark
• Pay the registration fee
• Consult TM Journal
• Order documents
• Search goods and services

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Learn

• Learn about trademarks
• Is it a trademark? Identify your IP
• Roadmap of the application process
• Trademark infringement
• Your trademark abroad
• Trademarks guide
• Introduction to the database
• International Trademarks under the Madrid Protocol

Apply

• Prepare your application
• Apply for/amend a trademark
• Geographical indication
• Pay the reg. fee/print certificates
• Transfer ownership

Online services

• Apply for/amend a trademark
• Renew a trademark
• Group Goods or Services (Nice classification)
• Send general correspondence
• Forms
• Opposition
• Trademark documents retrieval service (TDRS)

Resources

• Trademarks COVID-19 service interruption FAQs
• Fees
• TM Journal
• Practice notices
• TMOB practice notices
• TM Examination Manual
• Madrid Examination and Procedures Manual
• Practical Guide — Madrid eFiling
• Directory of trademark examiners

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Activities and initiatives

• Trademark Online Services – Release Notes
• Modernized Canadian Trademarks Regime — An Overview
• Resources for trademarks legislative changes
• Save time, file online! Trademarks electronic filing
• Combatting counterfeit products (intellectual property rights)
• Trademarks Examiner Recruitment

More information

Trademarks database

• Basic search
• Advanced search
• List of geographical indications
• Trademarks Opposition Board Decisions – Decisia
• Trademarks database tutorial
• IP Horizons – Bulk data

Goods and Services Manual

• Search for goods and services
• User guide - The Goods and Services Manual

Trademarks Opposition Board

Trademarks legislation

• Trademarks Act
• Trademarks Regulations
• Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act
• Olympic and Paralympic Marks Regulations